Nody Prospect

The Nody Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,274 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nody Prospect
Secondary: Wilson Cinnabar
Secondary: Hanley Lease
Secondary: Erroneously Called Finger Rock Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fairplay District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1934
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Steep Fracture Zone.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Volcanics Are Altered, Bleached White, Locally Silicified; Argillized.

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): SOUTH END OF A ROUNDED HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Workings): STOPE. THE CUT PROBABLY FOLLOWED (AND REMOVED) THE ADIT DESCRIBED IN 1944 AS PENETRATING BELOW A SMALL GLORY HOLE. AREA ALSO SITE OF CONSIDERABLE SHALLOW BULLDOZER STRIPPING AND ON THE HILL BEHIND THE CUT, SEVERAL DRILL HOLES HAVE BEEN PUT DOWN TO AN UNKNOWN DEPTH. OTHER SHALLOW PITS HIGHER ON THE HILL.

Comment (Development): KNOWN. SUBSEQUENTLY THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE ACTIVITY ALTHOUGH THE CLAIMS WERE RELOCATED IN 1976 BY GEORGE MOORHEN AND EARLE L. WILSON. PROSPECT IS JUST SOUTH OF AND ADJACENT TO FMC'S PARADISE PEAK GOLD DEPOSIT. 8000 FT OF HOLES WERE DRILLED IN 1969 BY THE TITANIC LEAD CO AND BASIN & RANGE EXPLORATION CO.. DRILLING DEFINED A 100-METER LONG ORE BODY THAT ASSAYED 2-23 LB/TON MERCURY AT A DEPTH OF 0-70 FT.

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS AS 1MM CRYSTALS IN THE SILICIFIED ROCK APPARENTLY IN GREATEST ABUNDANCE ALONG A NW-FRACTURE ZONE

Comment (Development): BY 1936, A SHAFT HAD BEEN PUT DOWN 45 FT AND A RETORT INSTALLED BY ALEC RANSOM. PROBABLY SOME MERCURY WAS RECOVERED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS RETORT, BUT THE ONLY RECORD OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME IS 8 FLASKS EXTRACTED FROM 1.5 TONS ORE HAULED TO THE CASTLE PEAK MINE A FEW MILES SE OF RENO. LATE IN 1936, A 20-TON PORTABLE ROTARY FURNACE WAS BROUGHT IN AND OPERATED BY H.E. GROHS, BUT HIS MERCURY PRODUCTION WAS NOT RECORDED. IN 1942 THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED BY MR. HANLEY WHO APPARENTLY FAILED TO PRODUCE, AND AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY MINING WAS AGAIN ATTEMPTED IN THE LATE 1950'S BY RAY JOHNSON AND IKE WILLIAMS IN THE MIDDLE AND LATE 1960'S, THE GROUND WAS LEASED SUCCESSIVELY BY GABBS MINING AND MILLING CO., STANDARD SLAG INC, AND H.L. AND JAMES LYNCH, NONE OF WHOM APPEAR TO HAVE RECOVERED ANY MERCURY. IN 1969, GEORGE WILSON HAULED ORE TO THE MILL NORTH OF GABBS AND LATER INSTALLED AT THE MINE A 20-FT STAINLESS STEEL FURNACE. DOUBTLESS HE PRODUCED SOME MERCURY, BUT THE QUANTITY IS NOT

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): USBM I.C. 8252 P. 296

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P.

Reference (Deposit): GALLAGHER, M.J., 1969, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS, IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1969; STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NV, 19 P.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 41, 1944, P. 156-157.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 50, 1951, P. 113.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.